Dateline: June 24, 2004

CC Regents name Library for Dickey

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise  

The Clarendon College Board of Regents voted last Thursday to place the name of a Memphis woman on the college’s new library.

The $1.3 million facility, now under construction, will be known as the Vera Dial Dickey Library and is expected to be ready for use by the spring 2005 semester.

Dickey passed away in 1985 and bequeathed in excess of $1 million to the college.

At 10,500 square feet, the new library will be about two and half times bigger than the present library.

The facility will be situated between the Administration Building and the Harned Sisters Fine Arts Center and will be constructed to match the architecture of the rest of the campus with one main difference – the new building will sit at a 45-degree angle to its neighbors. That unique position will allow the building to fit neatly into the existing landscape.

In other business, regents received an enrollment completion report for the last academic year. That report found that 91.9 percent of CC students completed the courses in which they enrolled.

The board approved a motion to engage Fox, Byrd, & Golden to conduct the audit for fiscal year 2004.

The budget for 2004-2005 was discussed, and regents agreed to hold a budget retreat on August 5. A public hearing on the budget will be held on August 19.

An interlocal agreement with TASB was renewed to provide property and casualty insurance for the 2004-2005 year.

The board was notified of the retirement of Nena Hunt this month from her position as the secretary to the dean of instruction. Regents also approved the hiring of Chad Smith as ag instructor and rodeo coach.

The board also received an extensive report on the CC Pampa Center, which will celebrate its 30th anniversary this fall.